6i The Farrier*^ New Guide. Chap. XXL 



they are hurt by (harp frofty Winds, or the like ; if thefe 

 Diforders do not wear oft' immediately upon Reft, as is 

 ufual, then the Eye ought to be look'd into ; and if there 

 be any bit of fharp Sand or Gravel fticking to either An- 

 gle, it fliould be wip'd out with a bit of very fine Spunge, 

 cut fmali at the Point, and ty'd with a wax'd Thread to 

 the End of a Stick ; if there is nothing to be feen, the moft 

 fimple and eafy things in the Beginning will go nigh to 

 relieve them, and recover them to their ufual Strength 

 and Vigour, as a little Plantain and Red-rofe Water, or 

 the Leaves of Plaintain and Red-rofes boil'd in Water, 

 wafhing the Eyes with the Decodtion three or four times 

 a Day Blood-warm. 



But when a Horfe receives a Wound or Blow on the 

 Eye, or fo near as to caufe ah Inflammation in the Eye, 



a-L n I the firft thing to be done in this Cafe is, 

 \[he Cure of a i -kt i • i • r i 



Wound or Bl<nv. ^° °P^" ^"^ Neck- vein, taking from thence 

 a moderate Quantity of Blood ; and this I 

 rather chufe than opening that near the Eye ; becaufe when 

 the Neck-vein is opened, it will not caule fo great a Deri- 

 vation towards the Eye, as when the Eye-vein is opened ; 

 for when an Orifice is made too near the afFeded Part, the 

 Blood is apt to flow in an over-great Quantity, towards that 

 Part, as we have already obferv'd in another Place ; and 

 the Eyes being in a dependent Pofition, as they are fit ua ted 

 in the lower Part of the Forehead, the Blood therefore falls 

 by a very eafy defcent into them. 



After Bleeding the Eye may be look'd into, but if it 

 be fo much fwell'd that it cannot eafily be open'd, as it 

 often falls out, becaufe of the immediate Flux of Blood 

 into the Eyelids j then the following Application may be 

 made, viz. 



'* Take Conferve of Red-rofes, fpread it pretty thick 

 on a Pledgit of fine Flax, or clean Hurds, and lay it 

 over the Eye, applying at the fame time above the Eye- 

 pits, and about the Temples, Flax dipp'd in a Charge 

 made with Vinegar, the white of an Egg, and Bole- 

 armoniack ; this by allaying the Heat, will put a Check 

 to the Blood, and hinder it from flowing too faft to- 

 wards the Eye. 

 The whole Drefilng ought to be cover'd with a Bandage 

 about four or five Inches Broad ; this may be made of 

 pretty thick, but foft Canvas, ftitch'd to the upper Part of 

 Ihe Collar, fo as to cover the Half of the Face i when 



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